It is actually $10 each. :chinese:
Not only that, in My country they would charge you ?50 just for appearing at your door. I actually think most gringos wouldn't pay for this....if it s for me we wouldn't even have a tree, and it's more something for the (higher-end of the) Dominican middle class to want to pay for a service like this, and consider 1200 pesos a reasonable price.
In my country I would do anything that I would think I could handle myself, but I noticed that due to the climate the slightest manual work makes me sweat extremely and get exhausted in a short while, so I better get someone. I'm sure I could have fund a guy putting lights for 300 pesos, but then again, someone would say its not good enough...